Straw Dogs (2011)

Straw Dogs Synopsis

David and Amy Sumner (James Marsden and Kate Bosworth), a Hollywood screenwriter and his actress wife, return to her small hometown in the deep South to prepare the family home for sale after her fatherís death. Once there, tensions build in their marriage and old conflicts re-emerge with the locals, including Amyís ex-boyfriend Charlie (Alexander Skarsgard), leading to a violent confrontation.

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Bosworth and Marsden are clearly already getting harassed by the group of local guys they've hired to fix up the house, but because Marsden is an intellectual type, he's not sticking up for them the way Bosworth wants him to. It's not really the kind of conversation you want to have, and the filmmaking helps emphasize the awkwardness. Take a look below

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It's impossible to know your own limitations and abilities until everything you care about is threatened or put in danger. Only when in a fight do you know what's important and what can be left behind. In Straw Dogs, David Sumner, played by James Marsden, is going to find his line and cross it.

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